Small-scale chicken farmers growing despite challenges
By - Tanya McClean
In the State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted plans to boost the poultry industry by investing R800 million...
Akefema raise concerns over raw animal feed material exports
The Association of Animal Feed Manufacturers (Akefema) have raised concerns over the export of raw materials to Middle East countries which are offering premium...
Botswana announces outbreak of Avian influenza
The government of Botswana has announced a suspected outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) in backyard poultry at Bokaa village in...
Young farmer turned family farm around
BY: Fundiswa Nkwanyana
Gone are the days when farms were led by old men and women, now that we are in the 21st century they...
Benin confirms H5N1 avian flu outbreak
The Ministry of Agriculture in Benin has confirmed an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu in two districts near the capital Porto...
FAO launches online course to capacitate poultry farming in Zimbabwe
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new online course to capacitate poultry farmer field school facilitators and...
Kenya set aside Sh 3.5bn for fish farming in Nairobi
The government of Kenya has set aside Sh 3.5billion in its next supplementary budget towards promotion of fish farming in the capital.
Nairobi MCAs said...
Kenya begins construction of Sh 239m fish market in Nakuru begins
Kenya has commenced construction of the Sh 239million fish market in Nakuru County. Governor Lee Kinyanjui performed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start...
Liwatoni fish landing project in Kenya to be ready by October
The Liwatoni fish landing project in Mombasa County, Kenya is set to be completed by October. This is according to Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter...
Ethiopia to shift from beef to chicken production
The government of Ethiopia has announced plans to shift from beef to chicken production as part of plans to deepen its emissions cuts and...